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Majungasaurus

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/January 18, 2015 by Brianboulton (talk) 14:58, 30 December 2014 (UTC)



Majungasaurus is a genus of abelisaurid theropod dinosaur that lived in Madagascar from 70 to 66 million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period. Like other abelisaurids, Majungasaurus was a bipedal predator with a short snout. Although the forelimbs are not completely known, they were very short, while the hindlimbs were longer and very stocky. It can be distinguished from other abelisaurids by its wider skull, the very rough texture and thickened bone on the top of its snout, and the single rounded horn on the roof of its skull, which was originally mistaken for the dome of a pachycephalosaur. It also had more teeth in both upper and lower jaws than most abelisaurids. Known from several well-preserved skulls and abundant skeletal material, Majungasaurus has recently become one of the best-studied theropod dinosaurs from the Southern Hemisphere. It appears to be most closely related to abelisaurids from India rather than South America or continental Africa, a fact which has important biogeographical implications. Majungasaurus was the apex predator in its ecosystem, mainly preying on sauropods like Rapetosaurus, and is also one of the few dinosaurs for which there is direct evidence of cannibalism.


 * Most recent similar article(s): Most recent extinct animal: Woolly mammoth(October 24). Actually cannot find when the last Dinosaur article ran.
 * Main editors: User:ArthurWeasley.
 * Promoted: 2007
 * Reasons for nomination: Haven't had a dinosaur article in a while.
 * Support as nominator. Harizotoh9 (talk) 20:45, 19 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Support Also discusses a species from Madagascar. I'm not sure if there's ever been a Malagasy dinosaur featured on TFA. –  Maky  « talk » 11:23, 26 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment: A quick glance shows that there's only 3 dinosaur articles left. So I say that this should run, but not to run another Dinosaur article until another one is promoted to FA. Should space them out and not run out of them. --Harizotoh9 (talk) 23:44, 26 December 2014 (UTC)